Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-28
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I"Provs rhiuss About the Farm.
From the Germantown Telegraph
five look back only lew years. when 10
talk with farmers on their neglect In planting
more apple orchards and raise more OF this
the most valuable of oil fruit Il was to be met
with the same answer that It was entirely
useless to attempt It, o. the land had run out,
DO far ~ the culture cf this fruit was con-
cerned, aud we must depend upon other sss,.
tions-the West-for our supply Of apples
hereafter. BY referring to our columns from
twenty to thirty years ago, II will he seen that
We tried our best to combat this idea, and to
To do justice To the orchard. The land was
not kept In good order, being seldom ma
nured, the trees left unpruued aud allowed
to die from old age, aud not renewed by the
pianung oil other trees, first selecting such
Nafieties-but only u few-that are known to
be the test suited to the soil aud the demands
OF the market
In time, by this prodding, efforts were
made to see What could he done; and We may
add that many OF these efforts were by
from the cities, who did not stop at spend ing
money in attempts to do what in earlier
periods had been 50 successfully done In
apple raising. The result. in nearly every
case, has more than realized all their antici.
Pations, and we can now see here at our very
doors the products OF the orchard in quanti-
~ ana quality beyond anything known In
tue past Hence, apple culture liz fast he.
coming An important branch Of farming, and
a. profitable, all things considered, as any
followed to the same extent upon the farm.
Live stock sud vegstsbiss.
After your fruit shall be OIL manure the
currant bushes, trim OIL the supertluous
branches and give the ground around them q
thorough cleaning.
Gather your cucumbers while they are
small and green. There is no Ivan txge
in having large pickles. Cut them oil the
vines with knife instead Of pulling them,
which Is liable to I'M ure the vines.
The newest remedy for the cabbage worm
Is table spoonful OF ssltpeter in pailful OF
tepid water. The plants should he sprink K led
we'll two or three times 1t is not poisonous,
and, II it will kill the worms, is the safest
remedy yet proposed.
The farmer cannot well get along without
having at least few cows He is therefore
Interested, be 1t ever go little, in max ing
them pay, and cannot afford to shut his eyes
70 an opportunity OF acquiring points on
profitable dairy management
puddle of water for the hog to wallow in
is sometimes beneficial. At this season it is
cooling, while the drying OF the dirt on the
body Is O! assistance in cleansing the skin,
as the hog will rub 1t OF. The only objection
to such puddles is that they will soon 6ecorle
hlthy and disagteeable II there be no running
water near them.
After the fowls begin to polt they should
be given ground bone once every day and
meal of meat at least three times q week, as
the shedding OF the new feathers is q severe
tax on them. IL the hens be well cared for
while moltiDg they will begin to lay be
winter. Sell on the surplus cock X erels and do
not retain the late Matched pullets, as they
Will not lay before spring.
An Eastern poultry keeper says that where
large field OF tobacco is growing the turkey
will do efiicien. work destroying the large
green worms that 80 often do so much dam
age A turkey hen and her brood will search
every hill, and not q single plsnt will he
missed. They are very fond Of the worms,
which serve rs animal food, and they save
much labor, A. those who grow tobacco
know that II il often necessary to 20 over the
crop every day in order to Kill the worms
which Is very tedious job. The turkey eat
many grasshoppers, ~ well a. slugs OF ysri-
Gus kinds
In fruit growing remember that fruits are
like grain aud vegetable crops IN this, that
they must have manure to keep up the fer
ulity. Unlike vegetables and grain, how
ever, their feeding roots are mostly at the
surface. 1t is best, therefore, ann uaily to top
dress fruit trees. II manure cannot be had
any fresh earth from bitches or roadsides
spread half an inch or so under the trees
will have q wonderful effect Indeed, we do
not know but that for the pear tree q thin
layer Of road sand il one OF the best ot man
urea We have seen apples thrive amazingly
with q coating OF coal ashes.